29.
the
Gun-type weapons
implosion-type.
can be mide
smaller in diameter than
The pequirement for this bomb arose
from
the desire to have a weapon which could be delivered by small
aircraft which couid not carry the smallest implosion-type
weapon (Mark 12) under development.
However, the priority now
given to this model is low since the potential advantages to
be gaincd from work on other models are much greater.
Develop-
ment work on the Mark 8 and Mark 11 may be expected to contribute
information of use in the development of ‘the Mark 10.
The
tentative date for initial stockpiling of this weapon is early
1955.
Mark11.
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20. Wind tunnel tests are being made on various con-
figurations of the ballistic case.
date
The scheduled stockpile
is early 1955.
Mark 12.
.
The approximate
size of this weapon has now been
established, the outside diameter to be about 22 inches i
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of
21.
,
Full scale tests are expected
to be conducted at Nevada in the spring and again in the
fall of 1952.
However, the design of this weapon involves so
many variations from carlicr implosion models that first deliveries
to the stockpile are not scheduled to be made until October
1953.
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